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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed August 5, 1905. Serial No. 272,871.

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te Be it known that I, JOHN J. CANNAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to devices for supporting hats, particularly those of women, which are adapted to be removably aflixed to the interiors of trunks, boxes, or other carriers during transportation or storage or upon other surfaces or supports; and it has for its object to provide a construction for this purpose which will be cheap and simple, embodying generally a fixed member upon the support and a holder having a cooperating inember which can be readily engaged therewith and locked in such position or as easily removed therefrom when desired. It is difficult to conveniently'transport womens hats without appliances of this nature-in a trunk, for instance-yet when it is required that the latter be used temporarily for other purposes it is important that the supports be dispensed with, and a further object of my invention is therefore to provide a means for manipulating the parts into engagement which will permit the pad or support which enters the crown of the hat and is naturally used for this purpose in usual types from becoming worn, torn, or misshapen, as it is liable to do as aresult of the torsional strain imposed upon it.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification. i

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the cushion, showing the engaging devices carried thereby. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fixed member. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the two members in engagement with the cushion removed. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line :c :c of Fig. 3, but with the cushion attached.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

Referring to the drawings, l indicates a portion of the inner area of a trunk or other surface which is to act as the support, to

Y which is attached, as by the nails 2, an annular plate 3, having curved segmental projections extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom to form raised or offset flanges 4, separated by suitable equal distances for purposes about to be described.

The cushion supporter 5, upon which the hat is placed and retained by means of hatpiiis or other devices, is formed upon a circular block 6, preferably of wood, upon the under side of which is fastened a plate 7, formed of sheet metal, having a circular boss 8 struck up therefrom and centrally arranged in reference to the circumference of the block and of a height and diameter relative to the aperture formed in the annular plate 3, into which it is adapted to fit. Radiating outwardly from this boss at intervals are a plurality of flat ears or projections 9, cut from the plate, located above the general surface thereof and equal in number to the flanges 4 and similarly placed, so that when the plate 7 is superposed upon the plate 2, being centered thereon by means of the boss 8, they will fall within the spaces between the flanges 4, and a partial rotation of either of said plates will cause them to engage beneath the latter, as will be understood.'

In attaching the cushion or removable portion to its fixture the operation just outlined is performed; but to provide against possible damage to or misplacemeiit 0f the padding before referred to by improperly utilizing the same as a liaiidliold during such mani ulation I employ an operating member for t iis purpose embodying an arm 10, which it is convenient to form from an extension of the plate 7 and by means of which the parts are easily turned. Stops 1l are provided upon one end of each of the flanges 4, preferably by turning down their ends, serving to limit rotation in one direction to prevent the proj ection 9 from passing beyond the latter. It is also advisable to prevent any return motion, 'which is effected by arranging the arm l0 to cooperate with the stop 12 in the nature of a cam, which it approaches upon an incline, finally dropping behind the further perpendicular face when it has reached its limit of movement-that is, when the projections 9 have engaged their stops. The arm 10 is of elastic material and is disengaged by lifting it above the stop, for which purpose the en is turned up slightly to afford a purchase for the fingers.

It will be seen that I have produced a de- ICO IOO

vice simple and effective in construction and operation and one which is securely locked against possibility of accidental disengagement through any cause.

If desired, the cooperating devices might be interchanged, or different forms of stops might be employed for locking the parts and other similar modications made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

claim as my inventionl. The combination with a removable hatholder and a support therefor, of cooperating members arranged on the holder and support respectively, one of said members embodying an annular plate having inwardly-projecting flanges and the other provided with a boss adapted to center it in the plate andradial projections on the boss adapted to engage beneath the flanges on the plate by a partial ro= tation of the. holder.

2. The combination with a removable hatholder and a support therefor, of cooperating members arranged on the holder and support respectively, one of said members embodying an annular plate having inwardly-projecting flanges and stops at corresponding ends thereof, and the other provided with a boss adaptedto center it in the plate and radial projections on the boss adapted to engage beneath the anges on the plate by a partial rotation of the holder.

3. The combination with a removable hatholder and a support therefor, of cooperating members arranged on the holder and support respectively, one of said members ernbodying an annular plate having aninwardlyprojecting flange and the other provided with i a boss adapted to center it in the plate, radial projections on the boss adapted to engage beneath the ilanges on the plate by a partial rotation of the holder and an arm on the latter by means of which it is rotated into engagement 'with its cooperating member.

4. In a hat-holder, the combination with a fixed member and a support therefor and a removable hat-supporting member adapted to engage there'withjby rotary movement, of a projecting arm on the hat-supporting member for rotating the latter into engagement and a latch on the support with which it cooperates to automatically lock it against return movement.

5. In a hat-holder, the combination with a fixed member having a support and a removable hat-supporting member adapted to engage therewith by a relative rotary move-` ment of a resilient arm on the latter for rotating it in one direction into engagement with the other member and a stop on the support which engages the arm to lock the holder against movement in the opposite direction.

o.. In a hat-holder, the combination with two relatively movable sheet metal plates,

one of said plates having an aperture therein and a plurality of inwardly-extending flanges, of a boss on the other adapted to enter said aperture and projections on the boss adapted to engage beneath the iianges when one plate is rotated in relation tothe other.

7. In a hat-holder, the combination with two relatively movable sheet-metal plates, of a plurality of segmental flanges on one of said plates and projections on the other adapted to engage beneath the same when one is partially rotated upon the other and the stops. on the flanges for limiting their movement in one direction.

8. In a hat-holder, the combination with two relatively movablel members comprising a sheet-metal plate having raised flanges, a

second plate having projections adapted to engage beneath the same when they are rotated relatively, stops for limiting their movement in one direction and a support for one of them7 of a latch between the support and movable member for preventing disengagement of the members.

JOHN J. CNNAN.

Vitnesses:

JOHN VAN RYNE, JNO. A. WILLIAMS. 

